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D'Alembert was always surrounded by controversy. ... he was the lightning rod which drew sparks from all the foes of the philosophes. ... Unfortunately he carried this... pugnacity into his scientific research and once he had entered a controversy, he argued his cause with vigour and stubbornness. He closed his mind to the possibility that he might be wrong.

Jean Le Rond D'Alembert's Popular Quotes

Push on and faith will catch up with you.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit — reptiles and eagles.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Music that paints nothing is only noise.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

To someone who could grasp the Universe from a unified standpoint the entire creation would appear as a unique truth and necessity.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

If one looks at all closely at the middle of our own century, the events that occupy us, our customs, our achievements and even our topics of convers…

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Just go on..and faith will soon return.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert

There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics.

- Jean Le Rond D'Alembert